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Pink Week for Breast Cancer
06 November 2009
One in three women will be affected by breast cancer in their lifetime. This is why Bedford High School for Girls is proud to support Breast Cancer week.
This is one of our annual highlights in the charities calendar and all who participate have an excellent time raising money for a cause which we feel is very worthwhile.
The week supplied the opportunity for a range of activities to be held. These ranged from sponsored swims to people wearing something pink to school.
The week was a fantastic success and every penny counted.
Lower Four was particularly active and our thanks go to them for all the hard work they did.
 The overall amount raised came to just under £500 but with money still pouring in from all corners of the school we are hoping to hit that £500 mark.
GCSE Results
Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.
Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.
Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.
Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.
I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.
Julie Eldridge
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